Citing weak evidence, a judge on Tuesday reduced the bond for the alleged shooter in the Oct. 6 Coyote Jack’s nightclub homicide.
Jamycal Johnson, 24, is accused of shooting and fatally wounding 19-year-old Brandon Rogers during an altercation outside the downtown club as a large crowd exited it. Fire marshals had ordered the club to shut down due to overcrowding.
Johnson is the brother of Jumoke Johnson, a gang kingpin who died at 23 in a hail of bullets back in 2017.
On Tuesday, Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Lila Statom said evidence presented during Tuesday’s preliminary hearing was not that strong and that the case would be difficult for the prosecution. Nevertheless, she found probable cause and bound it to the grand jury.
But she expressed concern about the high bond amount and, after a bond hearing, she set Jamycal Johnson’s bond at $125,000, down from $1.5 million.